Hand of the Week #140 ♥
N E S W P P 1♠ 2♣ P 3♣ P P P West and North both pass round to East who opens the bidding with 1♠. South overcalls this with 2♣, even though the club suit is not great quality, South's hand has good shape and
Hand of the Week #139 (Solution) ♣
N E S W 1NT P 2♥* P 2♠ P P P The reason the ♣2 lead was described as 'suspicious' is because we have 8 cards in clubs between our two hands, so it feels to me as if this lead could well be from shortage.
Hand of the Week #139 ♣
N E S W 1NT P 2♥* P 2♠ P P P South starts the bidding with a simple 1NT opener, West passes and North employs the red suit transfer convention. By bidding 2♥ North is showing 5+ spades and any number of points (at this stage). South
Hand of the Week #138 (Solution) ♠
N E S W P 1♠ 2♥ P 3♥ P P P Analysing the losers in our hand we have: 2 spades, no hearts, a potential of 3 diamonds and 1 possible club. The club loser can be finessed if South holds the missing ♣K which looks
Hand of the Week #138 ♠
N E S W P 1♠ 2♥ P 3♥ P P P East starts the auction with a pass, South opens 1♠, West overcalls 2♥ and North passes. East has a below average hand but they have a good fit for their partner's overcall. Bidding on the
Protective Bidding ♦
When there has been two passes before you bid you find yourself in what's known as the 'protective seat'. In this position, if you pass then the bidding will come to an end, so you often stretch to come up with a bid to ensure that the opponents don't
Hand of the Week #137 (Solution) ♦
NESWP1♥P4♥P4NTP5♣P6♥PPP Looking at our losers here and it becomes obvious where our problem lies. We have a potential of 2 losing spades (we are missing the ♠KQ) and 1 definite losing heart. Fortunately for us, we have a void in diamonds on the dummy and a rather useful looking
Hand of the Week #137 ♦
N E S W P 1♥ P 4♥ P 4NT P 5♣ P 6♥ P P P North passes to start off the auction and East opens their strong balanced hand with 1♥ looking to rebid 2NT on the next round unless their hearts are supported. South
Hand of the Week #136 (Solution) ♥
N E S W P P 1♥ P 3♥ P 4♥ P P P Counting our losers here it looks as if we have: 1 spade, 3 diamonds and 1 club. Two of the diamonds can easily be ruffed in the dummy once we have voided the
Hand of the Week #136 ♥
N E S W P P 1♥ P 3♥ P 4♥ P P P West starts off the auction with a pass, North passes also and East opens the bidding with 1♥. South passes and West jump supports East with a bid of 3♥ based on the